they are a critical component of the process of consulting States and obtaining their views; they assist individual States in the understanding and interpretation of the rules embodied in codification conventions; they are part of the travaux preparatoires of such conventions, and are frequently referred to, or quoted in the diplomatic correspondence of States, in argument before the International Court of Justice and by the Court itself in its judgments; they contribute to the dissemination of information about international law in accordance with the relevant United Nations programme; and they form as important a product of the Commission's work as the draft articles themselves and enable the Commission to fulfil, in accordance with its Statute, the tasks entrusted to it by the General Assembly.
iii) Forman parte de los trabajos preparatorios de esas convenciones y con frecuencia son mencionados o citados en la correspondencia diplomática de los Estados, en los alegatos pronunciados ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia y por la propia Corte en sus sentencias;